Why Do People Intentionally Invite Nostalgia Into Their Lives?

Life is meant to be lived best in the present, not in reverse mode.

I know some people who are REGULARLY looking at old pictures, old videos, listening to sad songs that match up with those old pictures and videos, and then cry about all those memories now no longer their PRESENT.

This to me, is being a masochist. Of course, it’s nice to reflect back on old times but to an extent. To intentionally sit with all the nostalgia of the past, while creating a sad vibe around you regularly is inflicting mental and emotional pain on yourself, which matches with the definition of masochism.

Life’s purpose is to learn, grow, and evolve. There is ZERO evolving if you’re always living in the past, or regularly driving in reverse to escape your present.

It’s called the PRESENT — it’s a GIFT, because from the present you move FOWARD, you EVOLVE.

Life is a school, we’re here to learn lessons in order to mature our soul —— hence the saying, “older and wiser”.

Revisiting the past regularly stunts your personal growth. Think of life as driving on the road…in order to get to our destinations, we drive forward on roads, not backwards. Stay on path, and drive (live) correctly to reach your next “destiny-tion”.

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